Belt buckle



Dec. 15, 1931. WW1. MQRSE 1,836,678

BELT BUCKLE Fild July 24, 195o ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 15, 1931 f UNITED STATES WILLIAM J'. MORSE, 0F ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS vBELT BUCKLE Application filed .Tuly 24,

` This invention relates to an improved construction of belt buckleof the tongue or stud variety employed more particularly for positively retamingthe belt iniadjusted position about the waist of the wearer.

. One object of the invention is to provide such a buckle with a body member having a plate member pivotally attached thereto and to which plate member one end of the belt is attached, one of said members being arranged to carry a tongue or stud member to engage the selected hole in the belt and so positively retain the belt in adjusted position against maximum strains.

A further object of the invention is to provide means in one of these members, which are pivotally connected together, for releasably retaining the plate member in operating position between the flanges of the body 2o member.

The invention further consists in the pivoting of one end of the stud-carrying plate member bet-Ween the flanges of the body member and to offset the free bail-shaped end of the plate member inwardly from the plane of its main part to form this free end in bail shape to which one end of the belt is connected.

With these and other objects in View, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

1n the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view showing a portion of a belt to which my improved buckle is attached;

Fig. 2 is a sectional edge view of the belt with my improved buckle attached thereto in "l closed or operating osition;

Fig. 3 shows the ody member as having en swung on its plate pivot to withdraw the stud from its hole in the belt; Y

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the inner 5 face of the buckle body;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the outer face of the stud-carrying link;

Fi 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 2, showing the edges of the plate as havin been sprung past the protuberances on the anges 1930.` semaine. 470,325.

to releasably retain the plate and its stud in its selected hole in the belt;

Fig. 7 is a modification showing a recess formed in the inner face of the buckle body to receive and support the free end of the stud against the strains on the belt;

Fig. 8 is a modification-showing the stud as attached to the body to extend and snap thru a hole in the plate.

It is found in the practical use of the clamp type o-f belt buckles that in some cases they slip on the belt', unless the belt is of exactly the right thickness. To obviate this diflculty,

have provided a buckle which has the advantageous appearance of the clamp buckle but which positively obviates slipping and to which buckle a belt of any thickness may be applied and positively held in any adjusted position.y To accomplish this in a j sim le and effective way, I have provided a buckle having a body member with side flanges between whicli a stud-carrying plate member is pivotally mounted, the stud being arranged to extend into any selected one of a plurality of holes in the belt to positively retain the belt against slipping.

hen again in my improved construction, by offsetting the beltend of the bail inwardly, the belt serves to assist in holding the stud in engagement with its selected hole in the belt; also I have shown protuberances in the body flanges past which the edges of the plate may be snapped to releasably hold the plate and its stud in belt-engaging position. Another feature of this invention is that by pulling the free end of the belt outwardly,

the body portion threaded Will pivot pin and soreadily Withdraw the stud from its selected belt hole thus releasing the belt from engagement Vwith the buckle permitting adjustment thereof or complete withdrawal from the buckle whendesired. y

The following is a detailed description of the present embodiment of my invention showing one simple construction .of buckle by which these advantageous results may be accomplished:

With reference to thedrawings, 10 designates the lbody of a buckle, which is preferthru which this belt end lis swing' outwardly on its plate ably formed with a plain, front surface plate 11 having rearwardly-extending side flanges 12, one end ot these anges being pierced as at 13, while the opposite ends of the flanges are provided with inwardly-extending protuberances 14 for the purpose presently described.

Numeral 15 in the drawings designates the stud plate member of my improved buckle, one end of which is provided with laterallyextending pivots 16 arranged to enter the eyes 13 in the flanges 12 ot the body member to hinge the two together. The opposite' end of this plate 15 is provided with an op ening 17 forming a cross bar 18, to perform the function ot a bail about which tlie end 19 of the belt 2O is looped as at 21.

This bail portion is preferably offset rearwardly Jfrom the plane ofthe rest of the plate so that any strain exerted on the belt will t serve to assist in holding this plate in closed or belt-engaging position.

On this plate, I have mounted or formed a stud member 22 which may be Jformed integral with the plate or secured thereto in any convenient manner that shown being riveted in position. This pin or stud is of a size to enter any selected hole 23 in the end 24 of the belt to positively retain the belt in adjusted position in the buckle.

kIn order to provide simple, convenient and eiective means Jfor releasably securing the plate in operating position with its stud engaging the selected hole in the belt, I have provided the plate of a width so that the edges 25 or' the plate 15 will snap under these prot-nberances 14, see Fig. 6, the resilient side walls 12 yielding by the application of the closing and opening forces to the plate and the body, to cause these side walls to separate and permit the plate to snap by these protuberances.

'By my improved construction, it will be seen that in order to release the stud from its selected hole in the belt, it is only necessary I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claim.

I claim:

A belt buckle comprising a body member having side flanges, a late member of sheet stock curved long'itu inally and pivotally mounted at one end in said flanges and having a bail at its opposite end offset inwardly from the plane of the plate by a curve of a lesser radius than the curve of said plate to which bail one end of the belt may be connected, a stud carried by said plate member adjacent said bail for engaging a selected hole in the belt, protuberances on said side flanges for extending over the edge of the plate adjacent the bail end for releasably retaining said plate in operating position', said body member being adapted to be swung outwardly on said pivot by lifting the free end of the belt to Withdraw the stud from engagement with the belt.

In testimony whereof I afx my si ature.

' WILLIAM J. MO SE.

` to engage the end 24 of the belt and by liftagainst excessive ing the same cause the body portion to swing outwardly on the pivot 16 which will withdraw the stud from its selected opening in the belt thus permitting free belt adjustment. In some instances where it is desired to better support the tree end of the stud, I have recessed the inner face ot the body plate as at 26, see Fig. 7, which will support this stud strains, and in other instances I may attach the stud 27 to the front or body member to extend thru a hole 28 in the plate 29, the pin having an enlargement 30 which may be snapped thru the hole 28 in the plate 29.

My improved buckle is very simple and practical in construction and is etlective in its operation. L

e The foregoing vdescription is directed sole- 15 ly towardsV the construction illustrated, but y 

